ALL THE COMSAE QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS 100% PASS
Drug for UC/Crohns - CORRECT ANSWER -sulfasalazine
Pulmonary effects of CF - CORRECT ANSWER -chronic bronchitis an dbronchiectasis
Osteoporosis affects what parts of bone? - CORRECT ANSWER -(spongy and ) trabecular bone
mass loss
Imipramine - CORRECT ANSWER -TCA
SE: Tri-Cs
Convulsions
Coma
Cardiotox
Antichol effects- confusion in elderly; (acute glaucoma and orthostatic hypotension- block
alpha1)
Viscerosomatic - CORRECT ANSWER -visceral disease --> somatic finding
Loratidine vs ranitidine - CORRECT ANSWER -loratidine: 2nd gen H1 blocker, doesnt cross BBB --
> less sedating
Ranitidine: H2 receptor antagonist (like cimetidine)
,Cells w rbcs inside - CORRECT ANSWER -entaemoba histolytica
Which type of pneumothorax causes tracheal deviation to the contra side? - CORRECT ANSWER
-tension
Intracerebral hemorrhage adjacent to a lesion that contains a tangle of numerous tortuous
vessels - CORRECT ANSWER -AVM arteriovenous malformation
Cavernous hemangioma - CORRECT ANSWER -benign tumor of liver, A/W VHL
Anti-hepb surface antibody is only present in what pop - CORRECT ANSWER -recovered or
immunized
Not in chronic or
Proctalgia fugax - CORRECT ANSWER -levator ani syndrome
Fasciculus is UMN or LMN lesion? - CORRECT ANSWER -LMN
Ectopic gastric tissue - CORRECT ANSWER -meckels diverticulum
Can also have ectopic pancreatic tissue
Remnant of vitelline duct
Antibodies in hashimotos attacks - CORRECT ANSWER -thyroid peroxidase or antithyroglobulin
,Enlarged non tender thyroid
2 factors that influence starling curve - CORRECT ANSWER -x axis- preload (EDV)
Y axis- stroke volume or CO
Treatment for fibromyalgia - CORRECT ANSWER -TCA, snris anticonvulsants
What blocks NE reuptake? - CORRECT ANSWER -TCA or snris
Possible complication of pagets bone disease - CORRECT ANSWER -osteocarcoma
What does Hct tell you? - CORRECT ANSWER -ratio of volume of rbcs compared to total blood
volume
Probenecid - CORRECT ANSWER -inhibits reabsoprtion of uric acid in PCT
- also inhibits secretion of PCN
- can ppt uric acid calculi
2 causes of SCID - CORRECT ANSWER -ADA deficiency
(adenosine deaminase required for degradation of adenosim and deoxyadenosine
- in ADA deficiency, high levels of datp --> toxicity in lymphocytes --> SCID
Hypoplastic thymus
Lithiums effects on urination - CORRECT ANSWER -inhibits vasopression/ADH --> increased
urinary frequency
, Infertility drug that can result in multiple fetuses - CORRECT ANSWER -clomiphene (clones-
multiple babies)
Antagonist at estrogen R in hypothalamus (thus inhibits normal negative feedback)
Upregulates LH and FSH release from pituitary --> ovulation
Used to treat PCOS but can cause ovarian enlargement, multiple fetuses
AFP levels in down syndrome - CORRECT ANSWER -low
GI malformation A/W down syndrome - CORRECT ANSWER -Hirschprungs- congenital
aganglionic megacolon
Defective relaxation and peristalsis of rectum and distal sigmoid colon
Failure to pass meconium, empty rectal vault, megacolon
Myasthenia gravis associations - CORRECT ANSWER -thymoma, thymic hyperplasia
Ptosis, diplopia, can affect chewing, swallowing, speaking, shoulders, respiration
Tx for tinea - CORRECT ANSWER -azoles
Beta blockers for asthma - CORRECT ANSWER -none- even beta 1s can be nonselective at higher
doses
CORRECT ANSWERS 100% PASS
Drug for UC/Crohns - CORRECT ANSWER -sulfasalazine
Pulmonary effects of CF - CORRECT ANSWER -chronic bronchitis an dbronchiectasis
Osteoporosis affects what parts of bone? - CORRECT ANSWER -(spongy and ) trabecular bone
mass loss
Imipramine - CORRECT ANSWER -TCA
SE: Tri-Cs
Convulsions
Coma
Cardiotox
Antichol effects- confusion in elderly; (acute glaucoma and orthostatic hypotension- block
alpha1)
Viscerosomatic - CORRECT ANSWER -visceral disease --> somatic finding
Loratidine vs ranitidine - CORRECT ANSWER -loratidine: 2nd gen H1 blocker, doesnt cross BBB --
> less sedating
Ranitidine: H2 receptor antagonist (like cimetidine)
,Cells w rbcs inside - CORRECT ANSWER -entaemoba histolytica
Which type of pneumothorax causes tracheal deviation to the contra side? - CORRECT ANSWER
-tension
Intracerebral hemorrhage adjacent to a lesion that contains a tangle of numerous tortuous
vessels - CORRECT ANSWER -AVM arteriovenous malformation
Cavernous hemangioma - CORRECT ANSWER -benign tumor of liver, A/W VHL
Anti-hepb surface antibody is only present in what pop - CORRECT ANSWER -recovered or
immunized
Not in chronic or
Proctalgia fugax - CORRECT ANSWER -levator ani syndrome
Fasciculus is UMN or LMN lesion? - CORRECT ANSWER -LMN
Ectopic gastric tissue - CORRECT ANSWER -meckels diverticulum
Can also have ectopic pancreatic tissue
Remnant of vitelline duct
Antibodies in hashimotos attacks - CORRECT ANSWER -thyroid peroxidase or antithyroglobulin
,Enlarged non tender thyroid
2 factors that influence starling curve - CORRECT ANSWER -x axis- preload (EDV)
Y axis- stroke volume or CO
Treatment for fibromyalgia - CORRECT ANSWER -TCA, snris anticonvulsants
What blocks NE reuptake? - CORRECT ANSWER -TCA or snris
Possible complication of pagets bone disease - CORRECT ANSWER -osteocarcoma
What does Hct tell you? - CORRECT ANSWER -ratio of volume of rbcs compared to total blood
volume
Probenecid - CORRECT ANSWER -inhibits reabsoprtion of uric acid in PCT
- also inhibits secretion of PCN
- can ppt uric acid calculi
2 causes of SCID - CORRECT ANSWER -ADA deficiency
(adenosine deaminase required for degradation of adenosim and deoxyadenosine
- in ADA deficiency, high levels of datp --> toxicity in lymphocytes --> SCID
Hypoplastic thymus
Lithiums effects on urination - CORRECT ANSWER -inhibits vasopression/ADH --> increased
urinary frequency
, Infertility drug that can result in multiple fetuses - CORRECT ANSWER -clomiphene (clones-
multiple babies)
Antagonist at estrogen R in hypothalamus (thus inhibits normal negative feedback)
Upregulates LH and FSH release from pituitary --> ovulation
Used to treat PCOS but can cause ovarian enlargement, multiple fetuses
AFP levels in down syndrome - CORRECT ANSWER -low
GI malformation A/W down syndrome - CORRECT ANSWER -Hirschprungs- congenital
aganglionic megacolon
Defective relaxation and peristalsis of rectum and distal sigmoid colon
Failure to pass meconium, empty rectal vault, megacolon
Myasthenia gravis associations - CORRECT ANSWER -thymoma, thymic hyperplasia
Ptosis, diplopia, can affect chewing, swallowing, speaking, shoulders, respiration
Tx for tinea - CORRECT ANSWER -azoles
Beta blockers for asthma - CORRECT ANSWER -none- even beta 1s can be nonselective at higher
doses
